The 2003 M.R. Bauer Foundation
Colloquium Series, Distinguished Lecturer Series and Scientific Retreat

Introduction

The M.R. Bauer Colloquium Series

Catherine Dulac, Ph.D.
Harvard University
"Molecular Biology of Pheromone Detection in Mammals: From Genes to Behavior"

Paul Glimcher, Ph.D.
New York University
"Decisions Uncertainty and the Brain"

Michael Graziano, Ph.D.
Princeton University
"The Cortical Control of Movement"

Arthur Prochazka, M.D.
University of Alberta
"Our Growing Appreciation of the Control Mechanism Underlying Animal Movement"

Haim Sompolinsky, Ph.D.
The Hebrew University, Israel
"Excitation-Inhibition Balance: The Search for Functional Principles of Cortical Networks"

Neal Waxham, M.D.
University of Texas Houston Medical School
"Constraints on Neuronal Signaling through the Calmodulin and CaM-kinase II Pathways
Based on Three-Dimensional Structural Analysis and Live Cell Imaging"

The M.R. Bauer Distinguished Guest Lecturer Series

Introduction

Michael Bate, Ph.D.
University of Cambridge, UK
"The Development of Neural Circuits and Behavior in the Embryo of Drosophila"

Rüdiger Wehner, Ph.D.
University of Zürich
"Ant Navigation: Mini Brains-Mega Tasks-Smart Solutions"

The 2003 Volen National Center for Complex Systems
Scientific Retreat

New England Aquarium
Boston, Massachusetts
March 3, 2003

Eve Marder, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
"The Balance between Stability and Plasticity in the Neuromodulation and Growth of Neural Circuits"

Tim Hickey, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
"Exploring Complex Non-Linear Systems Using Interval Arithmetic Constraints"

Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University
"Synaptic Plasticity—The Brain's Response to Experience"

Michael Kahana, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
"Neurophysiology of Navigational Spatial Memory"

Xiao-Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
"Cortical Microcircuits of Working Memory and Decision-Making"